FLOYD MAYWEATHER put out hints that he may return to the ring just before the Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez against Amir Khan fight week kicks off.

Floyd Mayweather has hinted he could come out of retirement ahead of Amir Khan vs. Saul Alvarez bout

It is almost as if the star of Las Vegas does not want anyone taking his spotlight with him out of the picture for the time being.

Alvarez and Khan are set to go toe-to-toe for the WBC middleweight title at the new T-Mobile Arena on the Strip this Saturday night.

It is on the ‘Cinco de Mayo’ weekend which is a Mexican holiday but has become a big date in the boxing diary.

Mayweather had owned the date for the last few years, but with the pound-for-pound great now in retirement his rival Oscar De La Hoya has secured it for his star man Alvarez.

So it came as no surprise that the American was happy to put out hints to the media in Washington when he was ringside for his man Badou Jack’s WBC super-middleweight title defence against Lucian Bute.

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